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Model of a man feeding an ox
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 11 – early Dynasty
2010–1961 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, shaft A (Djehutynakht)
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Length x width: 35.3 x 6 cm (13 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.16699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsModels
DescriptionThis is a wooden model depicting a crouching steer on base facing a seated man. The man originally would have had an arm extended to feed the animal. While the steer and base plank have been carved from the same piece of wood, the human figure has been made separately and is attached by peg dowel. Details of both figures are painted in black, white, and brownish-red with conspicuous patches of lost pigment. The base is cracked just in front of the steer, and there is the steer's head is cracked roughly through the neck. The steer's left foreleg has also broken off.
ProvenanceFrom Deir el-Bersha, tomb 10, shaft A (tomb of Djehutynakht). May 1915: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: March 1, 1921)